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SUBJECT: JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/07
1) Top headlines
2) Editorials
3) Prime Minister's daily schedule
Six-party talks on North Korea:
4) Six-party talks recess as North Korea balks: US still optimistic
despite miscalculations and shaky results of first stage; Japan
disappointed
5) US miscalculates in six-party talks that recess without progress
on nuclear front due to North Korean stubbornness
6) Japan will not budge on its stance of seeking results on
abduction issue first
7) Comments by two North Korea experts on the current impasse in
six-party talks
8) Shigeru Yokota planning to step down as head of the association
of families of persons abducted by North Korea
Iraq reconstruction:
9) Defense Minister Kyuma tells visiting Iraqi vice president that
he wants to visit Iraq soon
10) Kyuma issues formal order extending the ASDF deployment to Iraq
India relations:
11) Prime Minister Abe expresses desire to visit India this year
12) Foreign Minister Aso, Indian counterpart hold strategic dialogue
13) New LDP league to form foreign policy support group around Prime
Minister Abe to counter Koichi Kato's anti-Abe group in the party
Unified local election campaign starts:
14) Elections announced for 13 governorships, five of which will see
direct clashes between LDP and Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan)
15) Survey shows 70% of gubernatorial candidates believe expanding
income disparity in Japan the fault of the Koizumi, Abe
administrations
16) Minshuto issuing "local manifestos" in 21 prefectures as part of
election strategy
17) Public hearing held on national constitutional referendum bill,
a revision of which should be ready for the Diet by next week
18) Cabinet Office poll: 75% of Japanese see amakudari as big
problem, disgusted with public servants
19) Japan's population dropped by 50,000 last year
20) USDA admits beef export shipment error but Japanese government
is not banning all imports as it did before
Articles:
1) TOP HEADLINES
Asahi & Mainichi:
Criticality accident considered to have occurred in Fukushima in
1978
Yomiuri & Nihon Keizai:
Average land prices post 1st rise in 16 years
TOKYO 00001276 002 OF 012
Sankei & Tokyo Shimbun:
Health Ministry withdraws view that denies relationship between
Tamiflu and abnormal deeds
Akahata:
Gubernatorial elections in 13 prefectures announced
2) EDITORIALS
Asahi:
(1) Announcement of gubernatorial elections: Voters must make proper
judgment
(2) Six-party talks: We are sick of North Korea's attitude
Mainichi:
(1) Tamiflu: Health Ministry urged to dissolve concerns
(2) National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament to start
soon
Yomiuri:
(1) Is North Korea refusing to take action toward dismantling
nuclear programs?
(2) Sharp rises in land prices in urban areas require caution
Nihon Keizai:
(1) Rising land prices signal end to deflation
(2) Risk management of medicines unreliable
Sankei:
(1) Tamiflu: Cool response sought
(2) A-bomb victims: Time for government to change recognition
standard
Tokyo Shimbun:
(1) Announcement of Tokyo gubernatorial election: Voters should
closely examine candidates' policies
(2) Restricting use of Tamiflu understandable
Akahata:
(1) Announcement of gubernatorial elections in 13 prefectures:
Choose people who can rectify distorted politics
3) Prime Minister's Official Residence (Kantei)
Prime Minister's schedule, March 22
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
March 23, 2007
09:27
Arrived at Kantei.
10:20
Met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki, Deputy Assistant Chief
Cabinet Secretary Ando, Agriculture Ministry Councilor Murakami, MOF
Customs and Tariff Bureau Director-General Murakami and others.
Afterwards, met with MOFA Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau
Director-General Okuda.
11:30
Met with Special Advisor Nemoto.
TOKYO 00001276 003 OF 012
12:33
Met with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Amari and State
Minister in Charge of Financial Services Yamamoto, joined by
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Suga.
14:25
Met with India's Mukherjee.
15:03
Met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Matoba and later Special
Advisor Koike.
15:52
Attended an Asia Gateway Strategy Council meeting.
16:32
Attended a Security Council session.
17:45
Had a roundtable with Yoshiko Sakurai for a monthly magazine at
Kantei residence.
4) Whether DPRK will take first-stage action now questionable with
six-party talks going into recess; Optimistic US envoy Hill
misjudged the situation repeatedly
ASAHI (Page 7) (Excerpts)
March 23, 2007
Kei Ukai, Nanae Kurashige, Tadahisa Takatsuki, Beijing
The six-party talks in Beijing were supposed to discuss steps for
denuclearization, such as shutting down nuclear reactors at
Yongbyon, but they have now gone into recess without holding
substantive discussions, as a result of the focus of the talks
shifting to the issue of North Korea's frozen funds at a Macao bank.
The North Korean negotiators walked out of the session, while the
United States, which has made a number of concessions, was left in
apparent puzzlement. Whether North Korea will take the first-stage
action it promised in some 20 days before the deadline is now
questionable.
Japan flabbergasted by US
The Bush administration, out of impatience to achieve the final goal
of denuclearizing North Korea, has repeatedly made concessions.
Meanwhile, the Japanese government has watched such a US with mixed
feelings.
Among Japanese officials involved in the talks, some are protective
toward the US' stance. One official said, "We can't ask the US to
abandon its current political judgment." Another noted, "If the US
gives the highest priority to denuclearization and it is willing to
make some sacrifices, America's current attitude is
understandable."
However, once North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, the
chief negotiator in the six-party talks, walked out of the six-party
session and left for Pyongyang yesterday, one Japanese government
official said disgustingly: "(North Korea) has made a fool of (the
US) like this. Yet, (the US) is willing to deal with it. It's
TOKYO 00001276 004 OF 012
incredible."
Japan's chief delegate Keinichiro Sasae, director-general of the
Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, late yesterday
mentioned exchanges of views in the session over the frozen funds at
Banco Delta Asia (BDA) and pointed out America's lack of
preparations, noting: "The BDA issue was not fully examined before
the start of multilateral talks."
America's cooperation is, however, essential for the Japanese
government, which has set the resolution of the abduction issue as
the most important task. The six-party talks are essentially meant
to be "US-North Korea talks" with China, South Korea, Russia, and
Japan in the gallery. Washington's tilt toward the dialogue line has
forced Japan to rely on the six-party framework. Prime Minister Abe
told the press corps at the Kantei last night: "I believe the
international community will work in close cooperation and deal with
that country."
5) Six-party talks go into recess: No progress on nuclear issue; US
miscalculates; Unable to hide disappointment; Concessions bring
nothing but wasted effort
SANKEI (Page 7) (Lead para.)
March 23, 2007
Regarding the financial sanctions issue, which North Korea had
positioned as the top priority issue in the sixth round of the
six-party talks, the US made major concessions, including that it
agreed to totally unfreeze its funds. However, no substantive talks
on the nuclear issue took place. It was a major miscalculation for
Washington, which wanted to use the talks this time as a
stepping-stone to realize preliminary measures to shut down and seal
the North's nuclear facilities by mid-April. If North Korea
continues to fail to implement what has been agreed on, an argument
calling for taking a second look at the US stance may appear in US
government circles.
6) Japan unyielding in basic policy of calling for progress on
abduction issue
SANKEI (Page 7) (Full)
March 23, 2007
Prior to the six-party talks, the Japanese government had expected
to see progress on the nuclear issue, a government source noted.
However, resentment and perplexity are now spreading toward North
Korea, which responded to the nuclear issue in an insincere manner,
following the earlier Tokyo-Pyongyang working group meeting, in
which it rejected discussion of the abduction issue. The Japanese
government intends to continue its own economic sanctions, firmly
maintaining its basic position that Japan will not join in aid
activities for North Korea as long as there is no progress on the
abduction issue.
Commenting on North Korea's behavior, Prime Minister Abe yesterday
told reporters: "It is meaningless for the North to behave in such a
manner. It is important for them to act in accordance with the
agreement. The international community will deal with North Korea in
concert, while maintaining close contact." Chief Cabinet Secretary
Yasuhisa Shiozaki expressed his displeasure by stating, "It is very
regrettable."
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The government had envisaged full-scale talks to discuss each
country's share in offering aid to the North if the North had agreed
to shut down its nuclear facilities during the talks. Talks would
then move up to the next stage. The same source said that Japan had
envisioned a strategy of bring progress to the abduction issue using
aid as leverage, figuring that is such a case, the talks would not
progress without Japan's participation.
In their own talks, Japan and North Korea engaged in a heated
squabble over the abduction issue, giving the impression to other
participating countries that the confrontation between the two
countries on that issue remains deep. North Korea then tried to
isolate Japan. However, with the nuclear issue, too, making little
progress, prospects for settling the abduction issue are also
unclear.
The Japanese delegate continued to exchange views with delegates
from other participating countries than North Korea. However, they
were often seen standing by in a waiting room. After the talks went
into a recess, Kenichiro Sasae, director general of the Asian and
Oceania Affairs Bureau, told reporters, "The talks this time started
with Banco Delta Asia (BDA) and ended with the BDA."
7) Comments by experts on six-party talks
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 8) (Full)
March 23, 2007
Radio Press Director Noriyuki Suzuki: North Korea likely to come
back to multilateral talks at a relatively early date
Before joining the resumed six-party talks, North Korea strongly
emphasized the principle of taking an action-to-action response. The
North Korean delegation's sudden return home has simply spotlighted
that country's insistence on the lifting of the freeze on its funds
at a Macao bank. Pyongyang appears to give weight to dialogue with
the United States, though it would maintain the six-party
framework.
The six-party talks went into recess, but this does not mean that
the six-party framework has collapsed. My analysis is that once the
North confirms the transfer of money has been completed, it will not
make excessive demands and will come back to the talks at a
relatively early date. The implementation of the "first-stage
action" and the next action will be delayed.
Kyoto University Graduate School of Public Policy Prof. Hiroshi
Nakanishi: America's dialogue line stalled
America's stance of making concessions, for instance, the complete
lifting of the financial sanctions on North Korea, was conspicuous
in the (resumed) six-party talks. Apparently, Washington, which has
given priority to paving the way for nuclear abandonment, determined
before the resumption of the talks that it had no choice but to
accept North Korea's demand for the removal of the sanctions. Lying
behind this move is perhaps the declining influence in the
administration of hardliners, starting with former US Ambassador to
the UN Bolton.
Secretary of State Rice and other officials favoring dialogue may be
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did not budge from its tough stance in the recent talks. But it
would be difficult for the US to return to a tough line against the
North. The US may feel that it has been placed in a stalemate.
8) Shigeru Yokota to resign as head of abductee families'
association
YOMIURI (Page 39) (Full)
March 23, 2007
After representing the Association of the Families of Victims
Kidnapped by North Korea for 10 years, Shigeru Yokota, 74, intends
to step down from the post this year, the Yomiuri has learned. He
plans to announce his decision to resign the post at the general
meeting of the association scheduled for late April. Although he
confirmed he had no health problems, Yokota said: "I have found my
work as a representative physically challenging." He is expected to
resign either during the association's general meeting or when he
turns 75 on Nov. 14. He will continue to work as an association
member even after he steps down from his post.
The association, made up of eight families, was formed on March 25,
¶1997. Since he was the youngest one of the fathers of the abductees
at that time, he was chosen as the leader of the association. He has
been representing the group for a decade. He, together with his wife
Sakie and their daughter Megumi, who was kidnapped to North Korea,
at the age of 13, has been a symbol of the abduction issue and
rescue movements.
9) Kyuma willing to visit Iraq
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full)
March 23, 2007
Defense Minister Kyuma yesterday met with visiting Iraqi Vice
President Hashimi at a Tokyo hotel. In the meeting, Kyuma expressed
his willingness to visit Iraq for the first time as defense
minister. Kyuma said, "I've been to Baghdad twice in the past, and I
know the Iraqi people are pro-Japanese." He added, "I'd like to have
another chance to visit there."
Kyuma explained the Japanese government's plan to extend the Iraq
Special Measures Law for two years after its expiration at the end
of March. Hashimi expressed his gratitude for the Self-Defense
Forces' activities. "We hope Japan will play an even greater role in
international politics," he said.
10) Defense Minister Kyuma formally conveys ASDF mission extension
to Iraqi Vice President Hashimi
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
March 23, 2007
Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma held talks yesterday with Iraqi Vice
President Taril al-Hashimi in Tokyo. During the session, Kyuma
formally conveyed to the Iraqi vice president Japan's policy of
extending the Air Self-Defense Force mission in Iraq by two years.
Hashimi asked Japan to continue the ASDF mission, while saying that
the transport operations "are effective activities also for the
Iraqi people." Referring to the Iraq Reconstruction Special Measures
Law, Kyuma told Hashimi: "We are now under coordination on a plan to
extend by two years. I want to submit a bill revising the law to the
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Diet before the end of this month."
11) Prime Minister Abe to visit India this year
NIHON KEIZA (Page 2) (Full)
March 23, 2007
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met yesterday with visiting Indian Foreign
Minister Pranab Mukherjee at the Kantei (Prime Minister's Official
Residence). In the meeting, Abe told Mukherjee: "I'm looking forward
to visiting India. I would like to visit your country at an
appropriate time before the end of the year." The Indian foreign
minister held a strategic dialogue for the first time with Foreign
Minister Taro Aso. The two foreign ministers reached an agreement on
bilateral cooperation on reform of the United Nations Security
Council.
12) Japan, India hold strategic dialogue for 1st time
ASAHI (Page 4) (Full)
March 23, 2007
Foreign Minister Aso held the first strategic dialogue with visiting
Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee yesterday. Japan and India agreed
in December last year to build a strategic global partnership
including politics and security. Aso told Mukherjee about the
Japanese government's plan to implement yen loans amounting to 185
billion yen for the current fiscal year.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Abe also met with Mukherjee. Abe
asked for India's cooperation to have North Korea give up on its
nuclear programs and to resolve the issue of Japanese nationals
abducted to North Korea. Mukherjee said India would cooperate to
resolve the issues.
13) New parliamentary group to be launched in LDP to support Abe
diplomacy to counter Kato and others
SANKEI (Page 5) (Abridged slightly)
March 23, 2007
Junior and mid-level LDP lawmakers supporting Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe's "assertive diplomacy" will launch a parliamentary league
called the "Group of Lawmakers to Promote Value-Oriented Diplomacy,"
sources revealed yesterday. The move apparently aims to check the
Asia Diplomacy and Security Vision Study Group headed by former
secretary general Koichi Kato, which is drawing anti-mainstream
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party members critical of Abe's diplomacy.
The idea of launching the value-oriented diplomacy group came from
Lower House member Keiji Furuya, who has been addressing the
abduction issue along with Abe. So far, some 20 LDP members have
joined the move. The group intends to hold an inaugural meeting in
early May after the unified local elections to begin full-fledged
activates.
At present, such groups as the Asia Diplomacy and Security Vision
Study Group and the Asia Strategy Study Group led by Ichiro Aisawa
exist in the LDP. Those groups all put high priority on China.
In contrast, Furuya's group is oriented toward strengthening the
bilateral alliance sharing such values as freedom, democracy, human
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rights, and rule of law, which was advocated by US President George
¶W. Bush. Policy Research Council Chairman Shoichi Nakagawa plans to
join the group as an advisor. The group plans to discuss
wide-ranging topics from security to economic strategy.
The group's organizers met in the Diet building yesterday in which
Ruan Ming, a former Chinese Communist Party executive currently an
advisor to the Taiwanese Presidential Office, lectured on Taiwan
strategy.
14) LDP, Minshuto candidates to face off in 5 gubernatorial races
out of 13 prefectures
SANKEI (Page 1) (Abridged slightly)
March 23, 2007
Election campaigning for 13 gubernatorial races kicked off yesterday
for votes on April 8 in the run-up to the 16th unified local
elections. They will be the first major set of elections for Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe.
A total of 44 individuals -- nine incumbents and 35 newcomers,
including six female candidates -- have registered to run in the
gubernatorial races in 13 prefectures. Candidates backed by the
ruling Liberal Democratic Party and candidates supported by the
opposition Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) will face off in
five prefectures: Tokyo, Hokkaido, Iwate, Kanagawa, and Fukuoka. All
parties will endeavor to expand their support bases with an eye on
the House of Councillors election this summer.
Starting with the ongoing races, candidates running in gubernatorial
and mayoral races are allowed to distribute manifestos (campaign
pledges) to play up their policies.
The Tokyo race is being fought among 14 candidates compared to five
candidates in the previous race. Backed by Minshuto, the Social
Democratic Party, and other opposition parties, the newcomers are
challenging the incumbent, who is seeking his third term effectively
backed by the LDP and New Komeito. In Kanagawa, failing to field
their own candidates, the prefectural chapters of the LDP and
Minshuto are backing a newcomer and the incumbent, respectively.
In Hokkaido and Iwate, former Minshuto Lower House lawmakers will
face off with the LDP candidates. In Fukuoka, the incumbent seeking
is fourth term will vie for the governor's seat with a challenger
backed by Minshuto and the SDP.
The LDP, Minshuto, and other parties have jointly backed the
incumbents in Fukui and Mie. Minshuto have failed to field
candidates in Nara, Tottori, Shimane, Tokushima, Saga, and Oita. The
Japanese Communist Party has fielded their candidates in all 13
prefectures.
15) 70% of candidates for 13 gubernatorial elections see social
divide as widening under Koizumi, Abe administrations
ASAHI (Page 1) (Full)
March 23, 2007
The nation's 16th quadrennial local elections were officially
announced yesterday in 13 prefectures, including Tokyo and Hokkaido,
with a total of 44 candidates filing their candidacies. The Asahi
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Shimbun conducted a questionnaire survey of 34 main candidates and
asked about regional divide that has become a point at issue between
the ruling and opposition parties. In response to this question,
about 70% answered that the regional divide has widened as a
consequence of policy measures taken under the Koizumi and Abe
administrations. In addition, more than 60% preferred local
redistribution to economic growth.
The survey was conducted before the elections were officially
announced, and those chosen for the survey answered questions in
written form or on a face-to-face interview basis.
The survey asked candidates to pick one from among three choices
given about the regional divide: 1) it has expanded with policy
measures taken by the Koizumi and Abe administrations; 2) it has
expanded regardless of policy measures taken by the Koizumi and Abe
administrations; and 3) it has not expanded. In response, none of
the surveyed candidates picked the third choice. Among other
answers, 24 candidates ascribed the gap's expansion to the Koizumi
and Abe administrations' policy measures, with 8 candidates saying
the gap's expansion has nothing to do with such policy measures.
16) 2007 unified local elections: Minshuto ready to release
manifestos in 21 prefectures
MAINICHI (Page 5) (Abridged slightly)
March 23, 2007
The major opposition party Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan),
identifying the upcoming nationwide local elections as "local
manifesto races," has instructed its local chapters to draw up
manifestos. The party has already announced its manifestos in 20
prefectures of the 44 prefectural assembly races (that will be
formally announced on March 30 for elections on April 8). With one
for Kagawa in the pipeline, the party is expected to face the races
armed with policy goals deeply rooted in local areas.
Because Minshuto will back independent candidates for gubernatorial
races, its local manifestos will center on prefectural assembly
elections for which it will field its own candidates. Despite a
Public Offices Election Law revision ahead of the upcoming unified
local elections, political parties are still prohibited from
distributing manifestos in local elections. But they will be able to
make a public appeal through manifestos that will be distributed by
political organizations.
According to the Minshuto Organizational Committee, manifestos have
been released by 20 prefectural chapters: Hokkaido, Iwate, Miyagi,
Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shiga, Kyoto,
Shimane, Tokushima, Kochi, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, and
Kagoshima. Given the small numbers of local assemblymen, the party
has not been able to draw up manifestoes in all 44 prefectures.
Each prefectural chapter has prepared its manifesto based on a set
of "policy indices" from party headquarters in January. For
instance, Kyoto's manifesto vows to increase the number of
kindergartens by three fold, and Miyagi's pledges to expand the age
bracket eligible to receive medical subsidies. Minshuto manifestos
tend to focus on such areas as education, medical services, and
welfare in which prefectural governments play a major role.
17) Public hearing on national referendum bills takes place; Ruling
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coalition to present a revised bill as early as next week
NIHON KEIZAI (Page 2) (Full)
March 23, 2007
The House of Representatives' Special Committee on the Constitution
held yesterday a central public hearing on bills to set
constitutional amendment procedures submitted to the Diet by the
ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner New
Komeito, and the main opposition party, Minshuto (Democratic Party
of Japan). The ruling coalition intends to present a revised bill,
which includes part of Minshuto's bill, probably in early next week.
However since some members in the ruling camp are opposed to the
Minshuto bill, it may take a long time to coordinate views in the
ruling coalition.
The ruling camp proposed in a meeting yesterday of the committee's
directors holding a meeting on March 29. Committee Chairman Taro
Nakayama will explain today to the LDP's General Council the state
of consultations with Minshuto to revise the bills. In order to pass
the revised bill through the Diet in mid-April, the committee aims
to submit the legislation to the Diet as early as March 27 after
completing internal party procedures, and launch deliberations on
the 29th.
Most speakers at yesterday's public hearing were cautious about
quickly putting the bill to the vote. One speaker said, "If the
ruling coalition takes a vote on the bill in the absence of the
opposition parties, such will tarnish the image of the ruling camp."
Another speaker stated: "Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has mentioned
constitutional reform. I wonder the exit of the discussion has
already been decided."
The ruling camp plans to adopt the revised bill based on
consultations with Minshuto in principle. The legislation would
stipulate that referendum is conducted only on constitutional
amendments and whether it will be applied to other important
national issues will be a theme up for consideration. Although some
LDP lawmakers have opposed Minshuto's idea of lowering the minimum
age for granting voting rights to 18, the party leadership will
include this idea in the revised bill.
18) Cabinet Office poll: 75% see amakudari as problem
TOKYO (Page 3) (Full)
March 23, 2007
The Cabinet Office yesterday released the results of its ad hoc
public opinion survey on the national public service personnel
system. In the survey, those dissatisfied with government officials'
way of working were asked to pick one or more problems. In response,
amakudari-literally "descent from heaven" or government bureaucrats'
post-retirement practice of moving into public corporations or
private businesses-topped all other answers at 75.5%. Among other
answers, 65.1% answered that the government guarantees their status
even though they do not work hard, with 56.7% saying their pay is
higher than in the private sector and 56.4% saying there are too
many government officials.
Respondents were also asked what they thought would be most
effective to resolve the amakudari problem. In response to this
question, 44.1% answered that government retirees in private
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businesses should be prohibited from making contact with their
former government offices. Among other answers, 26.8% answered they
should be allowed to work until they reach retirement age, with
19.6% saying their choices of private businesses for possible
employment after retirement should be restricted.
Respondents were further asked whether they thought government
officials are working hard to meet public needs. In response, more
than half voiced dissatisfaction, broken down into 45.8% saying they
do not meet public needs very much and 10.2% saying they do not meet
public needs at all.
19) Japanese nationals decrease 50,000, total population levels off:
Gov't stats
TOKYO (Page 3) (Abridged)
March 23, 2007
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications yesterday made
public its statistics of Japan's total population estimated as of
Oct. 1, 2006. The statistics shows a decrease of 50,500 over the
preceding year in the number of Japanese nationals living in Japan.
However, there was an increase of 52,000 in the number of foreign
nationals living in Japan. As a result, Japan's total population
increased 1,500 to 127,769,500, showing almost no change over the
preceding year.
In the breakdown of Japan's total population, males numbered
62,330,000 (a decrease of 19,000 over the preceding year), and
females numbered 65,440,000 (an increase of 21,000 over the
preceding year).
In Japan's total population, the proportion of those aged 65 and
over was an all-time high of 20.8%, up 0.6 percentage point.
Meanwhile, the proportion of those aged 14 and under was an all-time
low of 13.6%, down 0.2 point. The figures revealed an aging
population and dwindling fertility rate.
20) US report admits violated shipment of US beef, but government
puts off suspending all US beef imports
TOKYO SHIMBUN (Page 6) (Full)
March 23, 2007
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) yesterday disclosed a
report of the United States' Department of Agriculture (USDA)
admitting that a US plant had violated one of the trade conditions
agreed on between Japan and the US to prevent BSE. Beef without an
inspection certificate was found recently in a shipment from the US.
The report noted that the beef in question "cannot be identified as
that from cattle 20 months of age or younger (as a trade
condition)"
In response, MAFF and MHLW demanded that the USDA remove the plant
that shipped the ineligible product from the list of the plants with
licenses to ship beef to Japan. The report noted that the recent
violation "was caused by human error and was an exceptional case."
Giving consideration to the US assertion, the two ministries have
decided to put off suspending all US beef imports.
The beef in question (43 kilograms) was discovered in two boxes in a
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shipment from the Lexington Plant (Nebraska) of the leading American
meatpacker Tyson Foods at Yokohama Port in February. As the cause
for the ineligible shipment, the report said that two workers at the
plant shipped the beef, despite an error message, in order to fix
the numbers.
The employees, without checking the product, signed a confirmation
document and shipped it. As improvement measures, the plant in
question reportedly plans to reeducate its employees and also
introduce a new system in which the machine automatically stops when
an error occurs in a scanner.
Determining that the violation was an exceptional case, the Japanese
government will shortly conduct on-site inspections of US plants to
review the status of beef exports six months after the resumption of
US beef imports. If no problem is found, the governments of Japan
and the US will launch negotiations on easing the condition of
limiting Japan's imports to beef from cattle up to 20 months of
age.
SCHIEFFER